Advocacy

The Mental Health Association of Southeastern Pennsylvania (MHASP) was founded as an advocacy organization in 1951. Today, MHASP remains committed to changing a mental health field that all too often releases people from institutions, only to drop them into communities without any support services.

Background:

• Individual Advocacy
• Systems Advocacy
• History of the Consumer Self-Help Movement

Advocacy in Action

• Sign Up for Mental Health America's Advocacy Network!
• Bazelon Center for Mental Health Law
• Protection and Advocacy for Individuals with Mental Illness Program (PAIMI)